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Archive for September, 2011

The Blog Has Moved!

I’ve finally made the leap and moved my blog to a self-hosted WordPress blog.  What does that mean?  It means I’m now over at thepaintedsheep.com.  One site that will have my blog, info about my products and events and of course, a link to my Etsy shop. Come on over!  Be sure to update your [...]

Fiber Twist 2011

My booth at Sunday’s Fiber Twist. It was a lovely day, perfect weather and a great crowd. Tent problem aside (loaned it out, got it back destroyed), it went off without a hitch. What a perfect start to the fall festival season! Of course, I came home with a couple of treasures – a lovely [...]

ECF – Fiber Twist Edition!

BFL rovings in some of my favorite colors for fall – freshly dyed this week and ready for Sunday’s Fiber Twist at Coventry Farmer’s Market.  The event runs from 11-2.  I’ll have a booth in the flag field and will be doing a dying demo right at my booth, probably mid-day. Hope to see you [...]

Tussah Shawlette

Finished!  This is my first handspun shawl – done in the tussah silk from Corgi Hill Farm and spun this summer and last.  Full details and more pictures can be found here, on my Ravelry project page. I love how this came out – the entirely unplanned striping, the drape, the size, the shape – [...]

Ten on Tuesday

Fun topic this week – 10 Things You Buy Every Week.  I have to think hard about my spending habits on this one – I’m usually so focused on what I don’t/shouldn’t buy, its sometimes hard to think about the little things I buy every week. Dunkin Donuts coffee – try as might not to, [...]

10 Years

One of the things that has stayed with me the most over these 10 years is the color of the sky that day.  It was intense blue, cloudless, perfect.  It was one of those days in which you stepped outside in the late summer sunshine and were happy just to be alive.  I remember how [...]

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